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PSY 375 Midterm #1 Exam
Questions With Correct Answers
Forensic |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-service |of |the |court
psychopathy |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-disease |of |the |mind, |
mental |illness
instrumental |violence |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-injury |to |a |
person |that |is |secondary |to |the |acquisition |of |some |other |
external |goal
reactive |violence |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-responsive |or |
retaliatory |as |it |is |a |hostile |and |angry |reaction |to |a |
perceived |physical |or |emotional |threat |or |dangerous |
situation |caused |by |another
concordance |rates |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-describes |
relationship |between |genetic |predisposition |and |behavior
munchausen |by |proxy |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-when |a |
parent |figure |subjects |the |child |to |medical |attention |without
|any |true |medical |condition, |a |form |of |hypochondria |by |
proxy
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Forensic |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-service |of |the |court psychopathy |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-disease |of |the |mind, | mental |illness instrumental |violence |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-injury |to |a | person |that |is |secondary |to |the |acquisition |of |some |other | external |goal reactive |violence |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-responsive |or | retaliatory |as |it |is |a |hostile |and |angry |reaction |to |a | perceived |physical |or |emotional |threat |or |dangerous | situation |caused |by |another concordance |rates |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-describes | relationship |between |genetic |predisposition |and |behavior munchausen |by |proxy |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-when |a | parent |figure |subjects |the |child |to |medical |attention |without |any |true |medical |condition, |a |form |of |hypochondria |by | proxy

pedophilia |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-child |molestation, |over | a |period |of |at |least |six |months, |recurrent, |intense |sexually | arousing |fantasies, |sexual |urges |or |behaviors |involving | sexual |activity |with |pre-pubescent |child |or |children | (generally |under |age |13) |occur cognitive |style |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-manner |in |where | person/group |thinks stalking |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-repeated |and |often | escalating |unwanted |intrusions |and |communications workplace |violence |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-refers |to | physically |violent |incidents |and |subtle |harassment |that | threatens |violent |such |as |coercion, |intimidation, |outright | threats terrorism |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-the |unlawful |use |of |force | or |violence |against |persons |or |property |to |intimidate |or | coerce |a |government, |the |civilian |population |in |furtherance | of |political |and |social |objectives lone |wolf |terrorists |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-extremists |who | operate |on |their |own, |independent |of |an |organized |terrorist | group |or |terrorist |command |structure |

hostile |attribution |bias |(cog |styles |of |crime) |- |CORRECT | ANSWER✔✔-seeing |an |ambiguous |comment |or |gestures |as | an |act |of |aggression minimization |(cog |styles |of |crime) |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔- seeks |to |minimize |the |impact |or |severity |of |the |crime rationalization |(cog |styles |of |crime) |- |CORRECT | ANSWER✔✔-shifts |the |blame |to |the |victim what |are |the |personality |traits |shared |by |criminals? |- | CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- |external |locus |of |control |

  • |lack |of |empathy |
  • |lack |of |self-control |
  • |search |for |excitement external |locus |of |control |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-actions | are |someone |else's |fault what |is |the |biosocial |model |of |violence? |- |CORRECT | ANSWER✔✔-all |behavior |is |the |product |of |an |interaction |of | genes |and |the |environment |
  • |genetic |predisposition |for |violence |
  • |learning |and |history |factors |
  • |environment |stressors |
  • |opportunity how |do |hormones |and |neurotransmitters |affect |crime? |- | CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-most |crimes |committed |when |men | feel |testosterone |at |their |highest |levels, |low |levels |of | serotonin |(neurotransmitter) |have |also |been |found what |are |the |types |of |murders? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- | contract |killing |
  • |serial |killers |
  • |spree |killers |
  • |mass |murder |
  • |domestic |violence |
  • |juvenile |homicide |
  • |confrontational |homicide |
  • |crime-related |homicide what |are |the |shared |characteristics |of |serial |killers? |- | CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- |usually |late |or |early |30s |
  • |prefer |specific |location |for |their |crimes
  • |base |victims |on |personal |criteria |
  • |usually |inspired |by |themes |of |dominance |

sexually |motivated |rapist |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-presence |of |protracted |sexual |or |sadistic |fantasies |that |strongly | influence |the |assualts non-sadistic |rapist |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-engage |in | sexual |attack |because |of |an |intense |sexual |arousal | prompted |by |specific |stimuli |identified |in |the |victim overt |sadistic |rapist |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-both |sexual | and |aggressive |element |in |the |assault, |believes |victims |"enjoy" |the |abuse vindictive |rapist |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-using |rape |as |a | weapon |to |harm, |humiliate |or |degrade |the |victim groth |typologies |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- |immature |or | fixated |child |molestor fixated |child |molester |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-one |who |has | been |sexually |attracted |to |children |throughout |life sex |pressure |offender |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-tries |to | entice |child |into |sexuality |through |perusasion |or | entrapment

sex |force |offenders |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-uses |threat |of | harm |or |brute |force sex |force |can |be |dividded |into |sadistic |and |exploitative |- | CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-exploitative |- |use |threat |of |force |to | overcome |victim | sadistic |- |derive |great |pleasure |in |harming |the |child what |are |the |characteristics |of |the |domestic |abuser? |- | CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- |abuser |has |experienced/witnessed |violence |in |their |life |

  • |abuser |is |less |capable |of |attachment |to |others |
  • |the |abuser |is |more |impulsive |than |normal |
  • |most |abuser |have |limited |social |skills what |are |the |stalker |typologies? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-(1) |simple |obsession |stalking | (2) |love |obsession |to |recurrent |ideas | (3) |erotomanic |stalking | (4) |vengeance |stalking what |are |the |types |of |arson? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- | domestic |buildings
  • |institutions |(schools)

what |are |the |hostage |situation |groups? |- |CORRECT | ANSWER✔✔-- |siege |

  • |criminal |kidnap |for |ransom |
  • |political what |are |the |strategies |for |hostage |negotiation? |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-- |confirmation |
  • |authorization |
  • |complicating |
  • |testing